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Huskies Rip No. 23 Arizona State, 79-60

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington's Megan Franza scored 21 points in leading theHuskies to a 79-60 victory over No. 23 Arizona State on Saturday.

The victory gave the Huskies a sweep of the season series against the SunDevils, and the two teams are now tied for first place in the Pacific-10Conference.

Washington (15-6, 8-3) has won five of its last six games. The Sun Devilslost for the first time since Jan. 11. They had won seven straight sincefalling to the Huskies 66-62 at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona.

The Huskies led by 15 at 63-48 with 6:20 left in the game. The Sun Devilsstaged a comeback, pulling to 65-59 on Betsy Boardman's 10-footer at 3:15, butthat was as close as they came.

Arizona State (16-7, 8-3) has not won in Seattle since 1996. The Sun Devilswere led by Melody Johnson, who scored 16 of her 19 points in the second half.Amanda Levens had 17.